Jennifer’s video from yesterday post inspired me to create this mini card set. I hardly do a cut out with a transparent layer but I really love the results. The up side is that you can decorate the inside of the card and use it as part of the front. To make the window I used two Nestabilities dies and my Big Shot. The better way to make the frame with your Nesties is to use the magnetic panel which keeps the dies in place while you die cut and emboss the piece.

I hope you like it!Today I have new ideas so let’s see what I can create with them.

I feel so happy that the Summer Card Camp of Jennifer and Kristina started yesterday! Here is the first card I made using this week color combo. Today Jennifer posted a video with a great technique.I like this type of event since there are lots of fresh ideas and I love to wake knowing that a new lesson a project is waiting for me to make in my pajamas ;)

Since I love the style of these two great artists I tried to combine them in my card. I used my Distress Inks for the colored layers using a technique I learned from Jennifer and the clean and graphic style of Kristina. I love the result and hope they like it too ;)

Today’s card has a special meaning because it’s to celebrate that my parent’s are celebrating their 50th weeding anniversary. Of those I have been part of their lives for 43 years and feel more than blessed for the parents God gave me. I have seen them overcome their conflicts with respect and love. As a family we’ve have abundance and scarcity and that has taught us to be happy no matter the circumstances. Today we celebrate 50 years of love and triumphs although I celebrate them every single day of my life.

Here I include a song by Kenny Rogers which perfectly describes the story of my parents.Every time I hear it I think of them and feel pride and profound gratitude.

To add dimension, I printed the whole stamp, cropped the flower and leave and printed them two times.I colored the flower with my Copics , paper pieced the flower and leaves and mounted them using dimensional tape.

Today I show you a set I made using the Emboss Resist technique with the Distress Inks in Broken China, Spiced Marmalade and Barn door. The stamp is from the Doilies Stamp Set by Maya Road.They were very easy to make.I love to have sets like this prepared for those cases when I need a little gift at the last minute.

I hope you have a great day, I will for sure because is Friday and this marks the beginning of the weekend when I have the time to really play and do the things I love. Also this Sunday is Father’s day and we have a great celebration with my “viejito”.

Today I am presenting a card made with a digital stamp from Pollycraft. You can download it for free until June 27 >>here<<.I love this bird image since it looks so happy and immediately made me think of all the bright colors I love to use.

I cut the circle with a Nestability and sponged the background with the Distress Inks in Broken China using the Nestie as a mask to keep the white border. Then colored the bird with my Copics and paper pieced the flower with DP paper and shaded it with Copics.

Hope you had a great weekend. I rested a lot and practiced a technique I have been wanting to try for a while.I colored this card using my Distress Inks.I love the technique videos from Lily Pad Cards and always enjoy the bright colors and the results of her cards.

Today I have great news. I was invited to be part of the DT of DYSU Challenge Blog. I am so happy!! And to celebrate, here I present my card for this week challenge DSYU #23 Birthdays . For the card I used the CPS 221 sketch. I made a little modification to the sketch in order to use the sentiment I wanted for the card.

I used the Distress inks for the Polka dots in Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass y Peeled paint and the shadow in the images was made with Mustard Seed. The black ink is from Mementos. To color Bobbly i used my Copics.

I am so excited to have my card featured in Nikki’s blog as an example of her >>new SVG file<<. If you want the file, go to Nikki’s blog and leave her a comment. I love Nikki’s style and she is giving so much to us with all her digital stamps. Thanks Nikki!!!

I am showing today a card finished this week. I love the quote because in a funny way it tell us to keep doing whatever we need to do no matter the circumstances because in the end things will get better.

I want to present it in this week Catered Crop Challenge. The ingredients I used were the colors red, white, blue and yellow (maybe one or two additional colors ;) , I also used die cuts, stamping, paper piecing, and faux stitching, hope that one counts LOL! I am a little sad since my sewing machine is not working, I need to get it to the hospital because I am missing her so much :(